A criminal defence lawyer who calls himself the "human lie detector" is taking a run at Mayor Rob Ford.

Ari Goldkind will register Monday to put his name on he ballot for the Oct. 27 election.

In his bid to go from winning in the courtroom to claiming the keys to the mayor’s second-floor City Hall office, Goldkind described himself not as right-wing or left-wing, but as “the no B.S.” candidate.

“I’m frustrated by what I see going on here,” Goldkind said last week. “I read the paper everyday; I watch the news. About six months ago, I said to my best friend I can’t take this anymore, I can’t watch what is going on in this city. I think I should run for mayor.”

Goldkind, 40, said while he’s no “career politician,” he’ll stick his neck on the line.

“I think this city needs a chief cross-examiner and I’m a human lie detector and I think that’s what Toronto needs,” he said.

He dismissed the claims of other candidates who contend that transit infrastructure can be built without new taxes and while keeping taxes low.

“It is not the grown-up world,” he said.

And he’s ready to take on the frontrunners like Mayor Rob Ford, John Tory, Olivia Chow, Karen Stintz and David Soknacki.

“They are going to have a very difficult time in the debate when I start asking them questions,” Goldkind said.

“I’m going to bring a lot of the courtroom to the political process. We are going to get at the truth here at City Hall.”

But will he be able to break into the pack of frontrunners?

“I think people are hungry for something different,” Goldkind insisted.